Imagine the Natural observer at the end of day two. He has
made one of two choices during the overwhelming disarray that has come to
light, either he has given up or he has tried to fight through to, what he hopes
will be, better times.
If he has given up, then if he survives at all, he will be
in hunter-gather mode when the new life of day three emerges. His garden will certainly not have clean rows
of valuable produce but he may find some remnants of previous care taking.
However consider the Naturalist who has worked through the
entire period of chaos. The light of day one gave him some hope that a better
day may be around the corner. However that light faded into a long night of
doubts, if his determination survived the night, the light returned on day two
renewing hope. Alas, day two only
yielded some space or an opening a-midst the water which still swirls above and
below. Now the light fades again as, day two draws to a close, he faces what he
suspects is another long night.
At this point our hard working Naturalist is in danger from
his own hand, exhausted from the stress and doubt as well as the physical labor,
his temptations are appeasement, capitulation and irresponsibility. Can he find
within himself the strength to endure another long night or will he be so
psychologically damaged that he makes a self-damaging decision.
As the light dawns on day three the doubts are huge. The
real question is, can one endure without the revealed knowledge that, there is
life in day three?
How much more, will a individual work hard and take chances
in day one and two and how much more cheerfully and steadfastly can a person
endure day one, day two and the early dark hours of day three if he understands
the whole revelation of the first three days of Creation.
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